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Lester Gradv t William Reid David Hickelj · Franklin Conwalj Charles Donahue Prof. Charles Phillips Frank Masterson I Wilbur lylcEirolj James Armstrong Gerald Holland i• I I The editors wish to acknowledge the assistance given bv Mr. Rockne,-Mr. Harrv Elmore and I Mr. AI. Rvan in the compilation of this Review I I· l I -~------------·----------- ------~--:; 1 .,I . 1 I CAPTAIN WALSH and COACH ROCKNE THIS 1924 FOOTBALL REVIEW is Dedicated to~- Out of the West Came Roclc and his men; Lightning o7~ lightning flashed, Thunder on mountains crashed, Into the East they smashed- Roclc and his men. On to the field Come Roclc and his men Fighting a foreign foe, Hitting them high and low, Down to the goal they go- . Roclm.t/s men. There on the field Stand· Roclc ·and his men; Sound of the whistle dies, Up to the farthest slcies · Boom now the frenzied cries, · uRoclc and your men!" North, east, south and ·w~st So Roclc and his men Riding the •wings of speed, Galloping, steed on s.teed, Slcirting the ends· lilce flame, Cyclones whose very fame Devastates •with a name- uRoclc and his m.(m., Baclc to the West Come Roclc and his men; Baclc to their comrades true, Under the Gold and Blue Fighting men turned from war, Hear they the awful roar Smiting the heaven·s for Roclc and his m.en. H. A. McGuire ...... - ., HE CHRONICLE of the 1924 seasoh, as offered to you in the paqes to follow, has,. its {~zipiration in. T the achievements and traditions that cluiracterize· the University of Notre Dam-e and its student .body. JVhat success it has beeit the privilege of the team to cnjo,lf duri;zg the 1924 football season can be attributed to a wholesome inter~st_ in the act_ivities of the ·student '· __ , bod,1f b.1J those men who represent N_ otr_e Dame on the gridiron. Their_ efforts hav-e been expeizded-, ·at all times,· in a spirit' of lo.1falty- to Jl otre Dame. JV orldng as a unit for the success of the team, forgetting th~ individ ual, personal interest, the men on the squad have ac complished their purpose. It has, been team-worlc, sub- 11iission to discipline, .the employment ()f mental faculties to mee~ conditim!s ·as they arose, that figured prominent l.1f in their victories. To ever.1J man on the squad, to thos-e who have ·worlced in gm1zes, scrimmages, practices, is full. credit forthcom ing. It is a 11leasure to be the coach of sitch _a group f!f . gentlemen, students and athletes .. · K. K! .ROCKNE. ' -- ; . ;:1,;~+ I" I l j j I KNUTE K. ROCKNE of NOTRE DAME ····. __ .. - - -~---- -- .. ;.-\ :, ' -~ ... ·~ -- Page 6 1924 FOO'TBALL REVIEW - i . I : . .. ! The 19.24 Victories October 4 _________________ .___ Notre Daine ___________ .40; Ltnnbard ---------------- 0 Octber 11 -~------------------Notre Danle---------"--34; Wabash ~----------------- 0 Octobei· 18 __________________ Notre Daine____________ 13; Army ---------------------- 7 Octobei· ·25 __________________ Notre Dmne ____________ 12; Princeton -------------- 0 N ove1nber 1· ___________ ._____ Notre Daine.-----~-----34; Georgia Tech________ 3 Nove1nber 8 __ ·______________ Notre Dame ____________ 38; \~Tisconsin -------------- 3 N ove1nber 15 :-------------Notre Da1ne ____________ 3:4; Nebraska ---------------- 6 N ove1nber. 22 --~------: ____ Notre .D.anle ____________ 13 ~ N ortlnvestern -------- 6 November· 29 .. -~-'-----------N o~re Dan1e-----~----· __ 40; Carnegie Tech ______ 19 Total nunlber of p_oints .~cored: ~ otre Dame, 258; Opponents, 44. I. The 1929 Schedule ~ Septe1nber 27-.Baylor ·university at -~ otre Da1ne October 3-Loinbard at' Notre Dame October 10-,Beloit ·at Notre D·ame October i7~:v\Test Point :at Yankee Stadilun, Ne'v York October 24-l\iinnesot.a ·at.l\iinne.n.polis October 31-Georgia Tech at. Atlanta November 7-Carnegie Tech at N otl~e Dame November 14-Penn State at State College, Pa. November 21-Nortlnvestern at Notre Dame · November 28-Nebraska at Lincoln :.~:....· ... ~ -· -- ··-- ----- ---~---~- _,. ___ .. 1924 FOOTBALL REVIEW Page 7 I i I 4 I I The Officers of the 1924 Varsity KNUTE K. RoCKNE ------------------·········· I-Iead Coach ToM LIEn ········~·-··---------------------: ••• Assistmit Coach HARTLEY ANDERSON -------------------"Assistant Coach GEoRGE KEoGAN -------------------------- Freshman Coach GEORGE VERGARA ·-------~Assistant Freshman Coach AtiAl\1 \VALSH --------------··-----·---·---------------·-· Captain LEo SuTLIFFE ·--------~-------·-----·---- Student ~tanager · The Personnel .. I I \VALSH \VEIDEL CERNEY RoAcH HANOUSEK CRoWLEY BACH · CoNNEL O'BoYLE GLUECI\:ERT ~ :MILLER E. :MILLER CROWE HEARNDON HARRINGTON STUHLDREHER CoLLINS EATON REESE . 1\:lcl\fANl\ION LAYDEN HuNSINGER . HARMON HousER BoLAND KIZER LIVERGOOD . ScHERER EDWARDS :MAXWELL G. :MILLER ~Icl\luLLE~T The Reserves KEEFE CoHEN ANDERDERGER 'SULLIVAN GEBHARDT RIG ALI REIDY CANNY DAHMAN ~IcCAnE c. REILLY BIELLI ·.1\fuLiiN: FRISKE GISH TRUCKNER \VHALEN 1\fcNALLY GoRMAN DIENHART \VHILTE EGGERT STACK \VYNNE ARNDT WALLACE E. CRowE CouGHLIN BROWN 1\fuRRIN 1\fAYER PRELL I GENIESSE ITi:LLJT L ri• IT -:rrrrc . I J >".: .: ':· .. · . /l ' '_..· .. ,• ·; ... - ~ . ' . ~--. ,. ~· . ' . ~ ~ . 192.4 FOOTBALL REVIEW Page 9 Assistant Coaches. In the building of the N<?tre Dame team of 1924, Coach Knute K. Rockne was fortunate to hav~ had as his assistants.: Tom Lieb, assistant varsity coach; George Keogan, freshman coach; George Vergara; assistant freshman coach; and Hartley Anderson varsity line coach. Tom Lieb won his spurs in Notre Dame football, playing half-back and tackle in the years 1920-21-22. Lieb in his last year of varsity competition, playing at right tackle, was headed for a berth. on the mythical all-some thing teams that annually complete the football season, when· a .broken leg sustained in the Purdue game . cut short I his gridiron career. · Lieb returned in . track however and ~ balanced his loss of football .honors by gaining fame as a discus thrower, win ning the state title, representing · the TOM LIEB United States ·on the discus team in the 1924 Olympics and :finally breaking the world's i·ecord in the discus throw last September. Lieb is a member of the Illinois Athletic club. To Lieb goes much of the credit for the caliber of the No- . 1 .. tre Dame line this year, which weilded a terrifying power over all opponents and paved the way for an untied and undefeated season. j Assisting Tom Lieb in preparing the linemen for the great campaign was :flartley "Hunk" Anderson, another former Notre Dame player who served at the left guard berth during the years 1919-20-:-21. He holds the unique record of recovering two fumbles. in quick succession against P~rdue ~nd running for touchdowns each time. .\ Anderson and Lieb were former teammates of George Gipp, Notre Dame's all-time all-American. J George Keogan came· to Notre Dame in 1922 and assisted Rockne in football, GEORGE KEOGAN j serving as ~lead coach of basketball and baseball. Coach Keogan has worked with Rockne for two years in the task I of building up winning. football teams~ The freshman squad under the tutelage of Keogan has stood up against the· varsity and fought with 'the I regulars to put them in condition for the season's grind. ! I George Vergara assisted Keogan this year in drilling the yearling squad for scrimmage against the varsity, the :first year men using the opposition's formations. Vergara played one year with Fordham before coming to No tre Dame and serv.ed two years with the Fighting Irish at end and ·guard. GEO.VERGARA Paqe 10 1924 F007"BALL REVIEW Adatn Walsh Captain No matter how brilliant are painted the many episodes that appeared in the 1924 season of Notre Dame football, episodes of sensational victories and sterling indi vidual performances, the historians who fifty years hence recount the deeds of the Fighting Irish will be drawn by a special force to the chronicle of the career of Adam vValsh, center and captain of the national champions. The particular special force that em bellishes the. work of Notre Dame's fight ing captain who will long be remembered in the annals of the sport. with Gipp, Thorpe, Coy, Heston and Grange, is one common to human nature since the begin ning of time. :Men are quick to admire a leader of ultra-courageous qualities, and in Adam Walsh the poets will find a cap tain in all the fullness of the qualities that are expected from a leader. Notre Dame tradition years hence will sparkle with the narrative of the football player who fought ~he mighty Army host on Oct. 18, 1924 at the Polo Grounds in New ·york, with two broken hands; who was knocked out several times in the course of the game and had to be lifted to his position. For weeks after the Notre Dame eleven had made its victorious sweep through the east, the sport circles along the east coast hitherto given entirely to Yale, Harvard and Princeton, were hubs of excited comment and discussion about the Notre Dame captain. Written tribute crowded the pages of the daily press and an other~ football demi-god was proclaimed, and rightly so. It was a thing to marvel at, the feeling of security that settled over the foot~all fans at a Notre Dame game when Adam Walsh ran out on the field to take his place at center. Without the slightest hesitation he was accepted as the last word in capability and Captain Walsh never gav~ the sporting world reason to believe otherwise.